Mucilage-bottle



(No Model.)

B. KNAPP.

MUGILAGE BOTTLE. No. 244,260. Patented July 12,1881.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD KNAFP, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

MUCILAGE-BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,260, dated July 12, 1881.

Application filed March 26, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD KNAPP, of St. Louis, Missouri, have made a new and useful Improvement in Mucilage Bottles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a view, in perspective, of a bottle having the improvement; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section taken through the nose of the bottle; Fig. 3, a similar section, the tongue and other detachable parts being removed, and Fig. 4 a sectional view of the same parts shown in Fig. 2, but arranged as when the mucilage is being applied.

The same letters denote thesame parts.

The present invention is an improvementin that class of mucilage-bottles wherein the bottle itself is used as a brush to apply the mucilage.

It relates especially to the means used in discharging and spreading the mucilage; and it consists, mainly,in an elastic ormovable tongue by means of which the discharge of the mucilage from the bottle-mouth can be regulated, said tongue having a lip extending beyond the mouth and turned in the direction in which the tongue moves in opening the mouth, to form a surface which can be presented fiatwise to the surface it is desired to apply the mucilage to, and be used to spread the mucilage.

A represents a bottle having the improvement, and which, saving the improvement, may be of any desirable shape and proportions, according to the particular kind of work at hand. In the drawings what is termed a mucilagebottle is shown, the mucilage being contained in the part a, the opening to which is at a.

B represents the nose of the bottle, being preferably beveled or rounded on the under side, b, and having an opening at I), through which the mucilage is discharged from the bottle.

0 represents the tongue -piece. When in place its upper end, 0, bears upon the top b of the nose and its lower end upon the edge b at the lower end of the mouth I).

0 represents the extension of the tongue, and forms the lip with which the mucilage, after being discharged from the bottle, is spread. The lip is extended beyond the mouth and substantially at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the bottle-neck, constituting a flat surface which can be presented fiatwise to the surface to be coated with the mucilage. The tongue is of elastic material, and it is held against the mouth b preferably as follows:

D represents a bridge or cross-piece extending crosswise above the part b E represents a wedge-shaped doubled piece of elastic metal.

F represents a plate that is arranged above the tongue, and that can be moved or adjusted in a longitudinal direction, so as to be made to bear farther down toward the lower end of the tongue or higher up thereon, as desired. When properly adjusted the wedge E is inserted between the cross-piece D and plate F, holding the latter and the tongue securely in place.

In use the device is held in the position indicated in Fig. 4, the lip 0 coming against the surface G, to which the mucilage is to be applied. The tongue 0 opens away from the ed ge b according to the pressure exerted upon the surface G, allowing the mucilage to flow from the bottle accordingly, and, after being applied to the surface G, to be distributed thereupon by means of the lip 0. As soon as the pressure upon the surface G ceases the tongue springs backward, closingthe mouth b.

When it is desired to clean the bottle, especially at the mouth, where the mucilage is apt to harden, the wedge E can be loosened and the tongue detached or thrown wide open from the mouth 11', leaving the latter free.

The tongue might be held down by the wedge simply; but to enable the tongue to be made more or less elastic the adjustable plate F is preferably employed, as described. The tongue is also preferably made entirely detachable from the nose B. The extensions 1) of the latter keep the mucilage from flowing sidewise when the tongue is pressed back, as in Fig. 4. By having the opening I) at the top of the nose the mucilage drains away from the opening when the bottle is resting on its under side, as in Fig. 1. The bevel on the under side of the nose facilitates the use of the bottle when the mucilage is being applied.

The nose 0 may be of any desired width, according to the size of the vessel to which it is attached. For instance, in applying glue to ICC) clothas in binding-a very wide nose and opening, I), is desired. The tongue in such case is correspondingly widened. The nose B and parts immediatelythcrewith connected are 5 preferably all of metal, and they can be applied as an attachment to the bottle A, or to any other vessel which it is desired to hold the mucilage in. In the present case the nose is joined to the body of the vessel at (6 I0 I claim- 1. A mucilage-bottle having the mouth I) and the elastic tongue G,the latter having the lip O flattened and extended, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the noseB,cross-piece 15 D, plate F, wedge E, and tongue C, substantially as described.

3. Amucilage-bottlehaving an elastic tongue,

0, and an elastic lip, 0, said lip being an extension of said tongue, and in the directionin 20 which the tongue moves in opening the bottlemouth, substantially as described.

EDWARD KNAPP.

Witnesses:

CHAS. D. MOODY, G. H. LoKER, Jr. 

